Amendment of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations27

In Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)38—

a

in paragraph 2 for the words “voluntary body” there shall be substituted the words “voluntary organisation”;

b

in paragraph 15A after the words “National Assistance Act 1948,”there shall be inserted the words “sections 13A, 13B and 59(2)(c) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 196839 or section 7 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 198440”;

c

for paragraph 18 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

18

Any payment made to the claimant by a person who normally resides with the claimant, which is a contribution towards that person’s living and accommodation costs, except where that person is residing with the claimant in circumstances to which paragraph 19 or 20 refers.

d

in paragraph 19 for the words “a person other than one to whom paragraph 18 or 20 refers,” there shall be substituted the words “another person”.